Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2022-04-25

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Apr 25
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
230 head
175 vs last sale 55 50 vs year ago 180 · +27.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
90 head
62 vs last sale 28 41 vs year ago 49 · +83.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
22 vs last sale 0 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, boning type slaughter cows were 2.00 to 3.00 higher; there were too few comparable breaking type slaughter cows and slaughter bulls the previous week to establish an adequate market comparison. Feeder cattle were sharply higher. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were fairly heavy. Cattle quality was average. Baby calves were 105.00 per head.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.81/cwt on 56 head.
Average price
$134.81
56 head · 427 lb average
Value per head Derived
$576
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$169
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$33.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.27
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2463143.7666635
Medium 2307127.0939012thin
Medium and Large 3450110.344979thin
One grade step is worth $33.42/cwt here — about $169 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale56 hd
134.81
NC average7 barns · 965 hd
128.54
+6.27
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,46199.331,4516thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,39978.151,0947thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18574.2187910
CowsLean 85-90%Low96468.2865923

Every lot, as filed

53 lots · USDA AMS · Carolina Stockyards Livestock Auction (Monday) - Siler City, NC
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium 2383128.01/cwt126.00–130.004902
HeifersMedium and Large 3355115.00/cwt114.00–116.004083
BullsMedium and Large 3792116.00/cwt116.00–116.009193
BullsMedium 2580124.10/cwt120.00–128.007202
BullsMedium and Large 3718111.56/cwt109.00–114.008012
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2470148.05/cwt143.00–151.0069610
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2419146.25/cwt146.00–147.006134
SteersMedium 2426140.76/cwt136.00–145.006004
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2371149.75/cwt147.00–153.005568
HeifersMedium and Large 3418108.78/cwt105.00–114.004554
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy368140.00/cwt140.00–140.005152
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2578130.63/cwt130.00–134.007556
HeifersMedium 2275126.12/cwt121.00–130.003476
SteersMedium and Large 1-2467156.48/cwt150.00–161.007313
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2513139.72/cwt134.00–143.007173
HeifersMedium and Large 3658106.46/cwt103.00–110.007012
HeifersMedium 2316128.07/cwt122.00–134.004054
SteersMedium and Large 1-2530153.71/cwt150.00–157.008153
SteersMedium and Large 1-2269160.87/cwt155.00–167.004334
SteersMedium and Large 1-2420165.23/cwt158.00–171.0069412
SteersMedium 2373142.90/cwt140.00–146.005332
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy328152.05/cwt150.00–154.004992
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy408154.00/cwt154.00–154.006282
SteersMedium 2218142.14/cwt138.00–147.003102
SteersMedium and Large 1-2387171.60/cwt166.00–173.0066413
SteersMedium 2318136.22/cwt132.00–140.004332
SteersMedium and Large 1-2318166.22/cwt161.00–171.005296
BullsMedium and Large 3478112.49/cwt111.00–114.005382
BullsMedium and Large 1-2620139.95/cwt137.00–144.008683
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added471161.30/cwt158.00–165.007608
BullsMedium and Large 1-2573147.22/cwt145.00–150.008444
BullsMedium and Large 1-2663137.00/cwt137.00–137.009082
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy470144.06/cwt142.00–146.006772
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38883.02/cwt82.00–84.001,1522
CowsLean 85-90%90064.47/cwt63.00–65.005804
CowsLean 85-90%92278.46/cwt76.00–81.007233
CowsLean 85-90%1,00471.30/cwt69.00–74.0071614
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40476.20/cwt74.00–80.001,0705
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18073.14/cwt69.00–76.008638
Bulls1,42392.52/cwt90.00–96.001,3173
Bulls1,498106.13/cwt104.00–107.001,5903
CowsLean 85-90%88039.49/cwt39.00–40.003482
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20578.49/cwt78.00–79.009462
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,1001,060.80/cwt1,025.00–1,100.0011,6694
Cow-Calf PairsLarge 1-21,3001,375.00/cwt1,375.00–1,375.0017,8751
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2900975.00/cwt975.00–975.008,7751
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-29501,040.13/cwt950.00–1,175.009,8813
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,0001,106.25/cwt1,025.00–1,175.0011,0634
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2875990.95/cwt900.00–1,100.008,6713
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 28881,074.30/cwt1,025.00–1,125.009,5402
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-29751,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0010,9691
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,0751,137.79/cwt1,125.00–1,150.0012,2312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy558142.51/cwt140.00–145.007952

How this sale compares

North Carolina weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every North Carolina auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.